60 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
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bid you ‘Go forward with God.’ 
At the first service of the day an 
original hymn written by Joseph A. 
Torrey, senior deacon of the church, 
was sung by the congregation. ‘The 
verses expressed a sentiment appro- 
priate to the occasion and will un- 
doubtedly live long after the memory 
of the celebration has faded. It fol- 
lows: 
Not alone by cloud and flame 
Israel out of bondage came; 
God alike in every age 
Guards and guides man’s pilgrimage, 
Strange and dark to feeble sense 
Seem the ways of Providence, 
Yet Thy hand upholds aud saves 
Though it lead thro’ Red Sea waves. 
While the thunders of Thy law 
Fill our trembling souls with awe, 
By Thy bounty are we fed 
Daily as with heavenly bread. 
Here our fathers brave though few, 
Builded better than they knew; 
Here, by toil and suffering tried, 
Saints through faith were sanctified. 
Lord, this day we would confess 
Thy dear love and faithfulness 
Which hath led, through toil and 
tears, 
This, Thy Church, these many years. 
Thou who didst our fathers lead 
As of old Thy Chosen seed, 
Lead us by Thy loving hand 
Till we reach the P romised Land. 
The scripture lesson for the morn- 
ing was taken from the eighth chap- 
ter of the second book of Kings, 
Solomon’s prayer at the dedication ‘of 
the temple, and was read by Rev. A. 
G. Warner. 
AFTERNOON SERVICE. 
At the 
a violin 
Katherine 
reading was by 
afternoon service there was 
“Meditation,” by Miss 
Newell. The scripture 
Rev. A. Warner 
S( lo, 
Rev. D 
r. Walter S. Eaton 
best blood of your church. 
and. was followed by another violin 
selection, “Sarabande,” by Miss 
Newell. The Rev. Clarence Strong 
Pond of the Beverly Farms Baptist 
church offered prayer. 
Rev. Chas. A. Hatch 
In introducing the representatives 
of nearby churches who brought 
greetings from their respective organ- 
izations Rev. Mr. Hatch likened the 
celebration to a golden wedding anni- 
versary to which the friends of the 
celebrants are invited and come with 
felicitations. The Rev. Dr. Walter 
S. Eaton, pastor of the Village 
church at Magnolia, was the first to 
extend greetings to the pastor and the 
church. 
“Two hundred years is a long time 
for a church to live,” said Dr. Eaton. 
“The church with which it is my 
pleasure to serve has been in exist- 
ence about a quarter of a century, but 
when we look back over the years it 
seems a long time ago that it was 
founded. W Thy should it seem a long 
time? Probably. because so many 
other churches have died before ar- 
riving at their majority. You have 
toiled and sacrificed, you have lived 
long because of what you have done 
for others. You have given of the 
You have 
sent forth splendid women to be help- 
mates to men who carried the gospel 
to foreign lands. You have reached 
your 200th anniversary and there are 
yet. no evidences of death. Your 
vigor is typified by your young and 
vigorous minister, I congratulate 
you.” 
The Rev. Clarence Strong Pond 
brought the greetings of the Beverly 
Farms church. ‘When I discovered 
the condition of the weather this 
morning I was tempted to regret that 
this was the occasion of your Bi-cen- 
July 28, 1916. 
tennial celebration, ” he said. “But 
when I thought of this beautiful and 
comfortable structure in which we 
are gathered and viewed this beauti- 
fully executed and splendidly typed 
program of your anniversary cele- 
bration | regarded it a pleasure to be 
here. Two hundred years of history 
is hard to comprehend. We can re- 
member only in fragments of gener- 
ations. Let us think rather of the 
fundamentals of the growth of your 
church during the years,—worship, 
comfort and fellowship. Think of 
these years of ministering through 
your church to the needs of the com- 
munity. The history of the town 
and of the church were parallel 
for years and the men who were 
leaders in the church led in the 
service of the town in the every day— 
waks of life. This is as it should be. 
Your felowship has been not only 
with one another, but with God. On 
this anniversary of the gathering to- 
gether of your forbears in worship ot 
God | bring you greetings.” 
Greetings from the Manchester 
3aptist church were brought by the 
Rev. A. G. Warner. In introducing 
Mr. Warner, Mr. Hatch spoke of the 
close unity spirit between the two 
Manchester churches and of the great 
change that had come in the last half 
century. 
“It is a pleasure to bring the greet-~ 
ings of the Baptist church of Man- 
chester to the pastor and congrega-. 
tion of the Congregational church,” 
said Mr. Warner. “Today men are 
everywhere asking to know the best 
investment for the money, their time 
and in fact their lives. The answer 
I can give is that the best investment 
a man can find is Jesus Christ. He 
gave men a reason for living; He 
Rev, Albert G. Warner 
